Maria Adkin
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30 year old Female from London, England| FilmExtras URL: | http://www.filmextras.co.uk/mariaadkin |
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Physical Details
| Chest: | 36" / 92 cm | Hair Colour: | Black |
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| Waist: | 32" / 81cm | Hair Length: | Short |
| Hips: | 37" / 94cm | Shoe Size: | 4.0 UK / 37.0 Euro |
| Height: | 5' 1" / 155cm | Eye Colour: | Black |
| Weight: | 9 sts 2 lbs / 58.2 Kgs | Ethnicity: | Black / African descent |
About Me
I have been doing extra and modelling work since June 2005.Although I enjoy doing extra work I would like to do a lot more featured roles and challenging main character roles. I would also like to do a bit more work involving dance and music videos.
I am confident and at ease in front of a camera. I am punctual, professional on set but also a lot of fun to work with. I am always keen and eager to learn new skills within this industry that also includes what goes on behind the camera as well as in front of it. I am very interested in doing a “runners” job etc.
I have been in feature length films such as, "Broken", "Alien Autopsy", "Starter At Ten" and most recently "Incendiary".
I have also done plenty of television work:
"Vital Signs", "Perfect Parents", "The Wonderful Mrs Pritchard", "Ditch The Bitch", "A Class Apart", "Silent Witness", "Trial & Retribution", “Holby City”, “Eastenders”, “The Bill” and children's television programme, "My Life As A Popat".
I have also done commercials for Nigerian television and modelling work for the "British Amateur Swimming Association" and “Nokia Phones”.
My skills include:
Swimming, ride a bike, intermediate singing skills, dancing. I also have advance reception and secretarial skills. I am advance in Word 98, 2000, Excel, Powerpoint and other Microsoft and Apple packages.
Experience
On the 17th of February 2009 I was an extra/dancer in British up and coming rapper Giggs’ music video for “You Raised Me Up/Open Up”.
2nd December 2008 I was an extra on comedy sketch show “Not Going Out”.
1st December 2008 I was an extra on “The Bill”.
20th November 2008 I was an extra on “Eastenders”.
Friday 14th of November is, my 2nd day on Holby City and the story is a continuation of last Friday with my “8–year old son”.
On Friday 7th of November 2008 I played the role of a mother to an 8–year old child on Holby City starring Robert Powell (Dave Briggs in “The Detectives”),
On Monday 27th October 2008 I was an extra in horror feature film “Dread”.
On Wednesday 24th September 2008 I played the role of a Diner in a commercial for “The Royal Bank of Scotland”.
19th September 2008 I was filmed in a short film called “The Exposure of Tom King”.
On the 20th August 2008 I was an extra in a production called “Abroad”. This will be shown on Canadian television.
18th June 2008 Second day on “Nokia” mobile phone photoshoot at Black Island Studios.
On the 16th June 2008 I took part in a “Nokia” mobile phone photoshoot.
On the 30th May 2008 I played a mourner at a funeral in “Holby City”.
On the 8th May I was part of a large crowd scene in an X–Box commercial filmed at The Fridge in Brixton.
On the 26th April 2008 I played a hospital patient at “Rookpark Hospital” based at Central Middlesex Hospital in a production called “Mr Eleven” starring ex – Eastenders Michelle Ryan (Zoe Slater) and Sean Macguire.
On the 14th February 2008 I did background work on a movie called “Last Van Helsing”.
On the 15th November 2007 I was an extra on a movie trailer for “Money for Grime”.
On September 14th 2007 I took part in a low budget production for Black History Month called Hair We Are. All I had to do was sit down and have my hair done. The whole film was set in the 80’s.
Sunday 13th May 2007 was my second day on “Incendiary”. This day was a “continuation day”.
On Sunday 6th May I was playing a “passer-by” on the upcoming Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams film, “Incendiary”.
On the 12th December 2006 I played a patient in a hospital scene as part of an upcoming feature length British horror movie, “Broken”.
On Wednesday December 6th 2006, I took part in a practical joke show for Channel 4.
15th November 2006 was my second day on “Silent Witness”.
On the 14th November 2006 I worked on “Silent Witness”. I was part of a congregation in an African/Caribbean church.
Wednesday 25th October 2006 was my second day back on “A Class Apart”.
On Tuesday 10th October 2006 I travelled to Slough to be an extra on “A Class Apart”. Starring Nathaniel Parker (from the “Inspector Lynley Mysteries”) George Cole (Arthur Daley in “Minder”) and Jessie Wallace (“Kat” in “Eastenders”).
On the 20th September 2006 I took part in a commercial for Nigeria Access Bank, to be aired on Nigerian television here in the U.K. and in Nigeria too.
On Friday 18th August 2006 I was an extra in a car Internet commercial shoot for Nissan Qashaqai.
15th August 2006 Again, on “My Life As A Popat” I played a clubber at “Club Core”.
On the 14th August 2006 I was a background artiste in the award winning children’s television comedy “My Life As A Popat”.
10th August 2006 On the same television programme, “My Life As A Popat” I played a secretary to a boss (“Ramesh Popat”, played by Kulvinder Ghir from “Goodness Gracious Me”) who swaps souls with his teenage son, a bit like Freaky Friday.
On Wednesday 28th June 2006 I was an extra for the filming of “Trial and Retribution”.
On Monday 26th June 2006 I was an extra in a production called “Ditch The Bitch” starring Stephen Mangan, (“Guy Secretan” in “The Green Wing”).
On the 8th June 2006 I took part in a photoshoot for the “British Amateur Swimming Association” in Loughborough, Leicestershire in Loughborough University’s on campus swimming pool. The shoot was part of the “National Governing Body – Everyday Swim Initiative”.
On the 15th May 2006 I was asked to be an “MP” in the “House of Commons” for the filming of “The Wonderful Mrs Pritchard” Jane Horrocks was playing the lead role of Prime Minister – Mrs Pritchard, along with Meera Syal from the “The Kumars at N°42” and Geraldine James who starred in “Band of Gold” back in 1995.
On the 15th April 2006 I was a background artiste on a television production called “Perfect Parents” starring recent ex-“Doctor Who” actor Christopher Ecclestone.
On the 21st March 2006 I worked as a background artiste on “The Last Detective”, starring another ex-“Doctor”, Peter Davidson.
On the 28th February 2006 I was an extra on a television production called “Vital Signs”, starring ex-“Eastender” Tamzin Outhwaite.
On the 16th December 2005, I, along with 17 other extras took part in a commercial which will be aired on Nigerian television in Nigeria and here in the UK, television channels OBE (Sky channel 223) and BEN (Sky channel 184). We were asked to dress in smart suits as well as traditional Nigerian clothes.
On the 10th October 2005 I was an extra on a film production called “Starter For Ten” starring Charles Dance and James McEvoy.
On the 19th September 2005 I worked as a background artiste on the same film, “Starter For Ten”.
On the 22nd of June 2005 I was asked back to work on “Alien Autopsy”.
15th July 2005 My 2nd day on “Alien Autopsy”.
On the 7/7 2005 I did a night shoot on Ant & Dec's upcoming film “Alien Autopsy”.
 Acting | Amateur Dramatics | Dancer |  Extra | Model | Singer |
Skills and Hobbies
My skills include:
Swimming, ride a bike, intermediate singing skills, dancing. I also have advance reception and secretarial skills. I am advance in Word 98, 2000, Excel, Powerpoint and other Microsoft and Apple packages.
Full UK Driving Licence
